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Yieldstreet raises $100M as it mulls going public via SPAC, eyes acquisitions

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Yieldstreet — which provides a platform for making alternative investments in areas like real estate, marine/shipping, legal finance, commercial loans and other opportunities that were previously only open to institutional investors — announced Tuesday that it has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

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Over $700 billion of the proposed budget will go to improving resiliency against natural disasters; upgrading critical water, power, and internet infrastructure; and rehabilitating and improving public housing, federal buildings, and aging commercial and residential real estate. Real estate consumes 40% of all energy.

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Alto raises $40 million to help individuals make tax-savvy investments in assets like crypto and artwork

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Institutions have fueled a large part of this growth, investing at record pace into alternatives like crypto, private companies and real estate. Existing investors Unusual Ventures , Acrew Capital , Alpha Edison , Foundation Capital , Gaingels and Coinbase Ventures also participated in the round.